Nick & Rusti Mullins, along with their 2 kids, are under-taking a cross country tour called “Breaking Clean” as part of Appalachian Voices.Their presentation takes audiences on a journey from their families’ long history in the heart of Appalachia, to the tradition of underground coal mining and labor unions, up to the present-day destruction of America’s oldest mountains and privation of communities.

Come learn more about the destructiveness of mountaintop removal mining and hear updates from Stand Up to Coal on the proposed Bulldog Mine.

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Landowner Education

Stand Up To Coal is dedicated to informing residents, farmers and landowners in Champaign and Vermilion Counties, IL about the negative effects that Sunrise Coal, LLC's planned coal mine could have on our lands, waters and health.

Where’s the Mine?

Sunrise Coal, LLC is signing coal leases in the area of East Central Illinois between Sidell, Broadlands, Homer and Fairmount. Click here to see on a map where Sunrise wants to open a coal mine.